THE SCIENCE ADVISOR: IS THERE A WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISOR?
Actually, no. The President didn't consult his science advisor
about intelligent design because he doesn't have one. George W.
Bush eliminated the job when he named John Marburger Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Previous OSTP
directors held both titles, and WN always referred to Marburger
as "Science Advisor." We were wrong, but not alone. We Googled
"science advisor" and got 597,000 hits on a nonexistent job.
As they used to say at Stony Brook when he was president, "this
would never have happened if Jack Marburger was alive."
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